Chapter 101 - 98 Shi Keling

"It's a Blossom God Crystal Stone, a type of crystal stone unique to the Zhan Shen Continent," Qi Xinyue answered. A Blossom God Crystal Stone? Ding Huan frowned. If he wanted to use this spaceship to leave Earth, where would he get a Blossom God Crystal Stone? "This crystal stone is stored on the Shen-Xun, and there's quite a reserve," Qi Xinyue hastily added. Ding Huan was overjoyed, "Hurry and open the cabin door, and I'll take a look." Qi Xinyue shook her head, "I can open the cabin door, but I'm not authorized to remove the crystal stones. On the Shen-Xun, my clearance is the lowest." As they spoke, Qi Xinyue leapt up lightly, then reached out to press her hand against the cabin door. The door flashed with light and then automatically opened. Qi Xinyue then entered the cabin. Ding Huan and Zhong Chi also leapt up and landed inside the cabin. The cabin was fairly spacious, with a ceiling height of over two meters, so Ding Huan didn't feel any sense of oppression standing inside. Zhong Chi had been here once before and thought there was nothing interesting to see. Having survived here for several months, Qi Xinyue also found nothing unusual. Ding Huan had already scanned the layout of the place with his Divine Will. "Brother Ding, this is where the Blossom God Crystal Stones are stored, but there is a destruction program inside. If we try to break in forcibly, it would only cause the energy of the Blossom God Crystal Stones to be completely exhausted, and it could even cause the Shen-Xun to self-destruct." Qi Xinyue reminded Ding Huan, most worried that he would directly break into the Shen-Xun's Energy Cabin. Ding Huan's Divine Will penetrated into the Energy Cabin, which, although locked by the program, could be accessed from the inside. It was like the main door being locked from the outside. However, the Energy Cabin was sealed off and inaccessible, let alone being able to open it from the inside. Ding Huan had no intention of opening it from the inside; his Divine Will had already detected that there were no Blossom God Crystal Stones in the Energy Cabin. "Are you sure there are many Blossom God Crystal Stones inside?" Ding Huan looked at Qi Xinyue with doubts and asked again. Qi Xinyue nodded, "I'm sure of it." Ding Huan shook his head, "There isn't a single Blossom God Crystal Stone inside. Although I don't know what they look like, since they are a source of energy, there has to be energy fluctuations... Eh..." Ding Huan's words came to an abrupt halt as he felt energy fluctuations in another location. The positioning was not within the locked Energy Cabin but rather a spot within the living space. Ding Huan went directly there and slashed with two Wind Blades. He had intended to cut the floor open, but to his surprise, the floor was extremely sturdy, and all he managed to inflict was a white mark. Ding Huan drew his Starry Sky Blade outright, gathering True Yuan, and chopped down. Even the sturdy floor of the Shen-Xun developed a gap under the force of Ding Huan's blow. After a few more slashes from Ding Huan, a gap was torn open, and he extracted a wooden box. Upon opening the wooden box, five clear and translucent stones lay inside. "Is this the Blossom God Crystal Stone?" Ding Huan asked. "Yes, those are Blossom God Crystal Stones. How did you know they were here?" Qi Xinyue asked in astonishment. Ding Huan held one in his palm, and streams of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi far richer than those of spirit stones surged toward him. Ding Huan felt that if he so wished, he could step into the realm of a Sixth-level Genetic Cultivator at any moment. "I sensed it, and I can tell you for sure, there are no more Blossom God Crystal Stones in this Energy Cabin," Ding Huan said. "How is that possible? There should be ten thousand Blossom God Crystal Stones as backup here. The Energy Crystals on the Shen-Xun were plundered over a long time," Qi Xinyue replied immediately. Then she understood that Ding Huan was probably not deceiving her. If Ding Huan could sense the Blossom God Crystal Stones, then they were gone if he said so. "It seems that these contain more Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi than spirit stones," Zhong Chi said, although he hadn't touched the Blossom God Crystal Stones, he could still sense it. Ding Huan had no intention of giving the Blossom God Crystal Stones to Zhong Chi. Being of the Innate Realm, they wouldn't much improve his strength. But Ding Huan himself needed them as he must cultivate to reach the Ninth-level Genetic Cultivator as soon as possible, preferably advancing to Genetic Foundation Establishment while here. After pocketing the five Blossom God Crystal Stones, Ding Huan suddenly asked, "Miss Xinyue, how many people were originally on the Shen-Xun?" "Including me, there were five people in total. There's the captain and vice-captain of the Shen-Xun, the Shen-Xun protector, the Shen-Xun domestic manager, and myself as a crew member," Qi Xinyue stated. Ding Huan spoke to Zhong Chi, "Miss Xinyue said there were originally five people on the spaceship, how many did you encounter?" "That's not right..." Zhong Chi suddenly spoke up. "What's not right?" Ding Huan inquired. Zhong Chi explained, "There were only four people on the spaceship. We killed three and captured one; where does the fifth person come from?" "Besides Miss Xinyue, Lao Zhong, describe the other three people who were killed," Ding Huan said. After the spaceship was taken control of, Zhong Chi, as the strongest warrior of Hua Xia, was naturally invited here. He remembered very clearly, "A big-bearded man claiming to be the captain, was quite powerful, was killed on the spot by Lao Qu of the Martial Arts Alliance. There was also a woman, who looked pretty but lacked strength. She seemed to want to resist and was shot dead by a Federation Army officer. The third person was a tall man with the highest cultivation level. At that time, it was Shi Changyi and I who took action against him. I even got a bit injured while capturing him, and later he was executed by the Federation military court." Ding Huan relayed Zhong Chi's words to Qi Xinyue, and Xinyue frowned and said, "There's still one person missing, his name is Black Insect Ball." "Black Insect Ball?" Ding Huan looked at Qi Xinyue with confusion, there was such a name? Qi Xinyue nodded affirmatively, "Yes, although on the surface, his rank on the Quest for God was slightly higher than mine. In reality, he was the lowest-status person on the Quest for God. Because he was the culinary steward, he was in charge of our food. And he could only eat the leftovers, the most humble position on the Quest for God. Everyone bullied him, except for me. He himself didn't have a name, the captain thought he looked dark and slippery, just like a dung beetle, so he simply called him Black Insect Ball. He had a very good temperament. Every time people called him Black Insect Ball, he would laugh, seeming rather pleased. No matter who he met, he would call them 'Brother' or 'Sister'." Ding Huan nodded; he could understand that. After all, Qi Xinyue still had a mission, which was to find the habitat of the God race. That Black Insect Ball, who was just responsible for cooking, probably didn't have any special skills, so he was looked down upon and lived a humble life. What Black Insect Ball, he should really be called Shi Keling. "Does he also have the abilities of invisibility and instantaneous movement?" Ding Huan asked again. Qi Xinyue shook her head, "I don't know about that." Ding Huan said, "I have a question that I can't understand and want to ask you. Even if you knew Earth's distress signal, you wouldn't come to Earth so straightforwardly, right? Did you not take any precautions?" This was the question that confused Ding Huan the most. Logically, a spaceship on a quest to find a life planet in the universe should not be so reckless. Qi Xinyue also frowned; where the spaceship went was naturally out of her control, but the fact that the spaceship came directly to Earth and was shot down seemed strange to her. However, she had not thought about that before. Now that Ding Huan mentioned it, she gradually began to understand. "Tell me about the situation at that time," said Ding Huan. Qi Xinyue thought for a moment and said, "The Black Insect Ball..." "Let's just call it the Shi Keling; the name Black Insect Ball is a mouthful," Ding Huan waved his hand, feeling that the problem might very well lie with the Shi Keling. Qi Xinyue didn't mind and continued, "Although the Shi Keling was the culinary steward, he was responsible for receiving some non-typical signals. One day he suddenly claimed to have found a distress signal and quickly told Captain Wu of the Quest for God..." Qi Xinyue felt something was wrong as she spoke; at the time, she seemed to hear Captain Wu saying to turn away. She didn't hear clearly, nor had she paid much attention. Until the spaceship was forced to make an emergency landing after being attacked by Earth's weapons, she had always thought Captain Wu said to turn to support. Now that she had settled down, her brain had time to think about these things, and she felt it was implausible; how could Captain Wu support an unknown distress signal? The question was, if Captain Wu wouldn't support, how did the Quest for God come to Earth? Ding Huan did not interrupt Qi Xinyue's train of thought, and after she sorted everything out, she didn't hide anything and told Ding Huan everything. After a long silence, Ding Huan said, "If I'm not mistaken, that Shi Keling probably has a big problem. He is not only an expert in concealment but also skilled in spaceship program modification. He could have altered the spaceship's navigation and piloting programs, causing what should've been a departing Quest for God to make an about-turn, eventually arriving at Earth and being shot down." "This..." Qi Xinyue found it hard to believe. The Shi Keling was too unremarkable; not to mention his short stature, he was indecisive in everything and needed to consult others before acting. Ever since she knew the Shi Keling, he had always been bending over and speaking to everyone. As for cultivation level, he certainly had none; he was simply chased up to serve others. "If it really is like this, then the one who escaped is the Shi Keling. From the moment he received the signal from Earth, he began his own plan. The Blossom God Crystal Stones in the energy cabin should have been taken by him too. This is quite a character, not only did he get rid of you four, but he also took away ten thousand Crystal Stones..." As Ding Huan said this, he seemed to recall something and immediately went back to the spot he had torn open with the Starry Sky Blade, with his Divine Will penetrating to take a closer look. It took a while before he sighed, "This guy is really talented. These five Crystal Stones were also implanted by him; these five Crystal Stones were to control the modifications he made to the Quest for God's programs. It looks like this guy had been planning for a long time, really a crafty devil." Having said that, Ding Huan walked to the cockpit and drew out his Starry Sky Blade, hacking it down. In a brief period, Ding Huan had chopped up the cockpit, destroying everything inside, including various chips, programs, and wiring. "Brother Ding, what are you doing?" Zhong Chi looked at Ding Huan with some confusion. Ding Huan said, "We can't fix this spaceship, and even if we could, I don't have the Divine Crystal Stones to make it fly. I'm sure that Shi Keling can fix it, and he will certainly come back for it. Since that's the case, I might as well destroy it first." (Today's update ends here, good night, friends! Also requesting support with monthly tickets!)